Brown Bag Lunch Series Archives
Spring 2009
April 2009
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9 - Web 2.0: My Favorite
Productivity Tools - Sue Frantz
2:30-3:30 in the LTC, Bldg. 9 or attend ONLINE!
Click here for more
about this brown bag and how to take it online.
Recording available!
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15, 12:30-1:30, LTC, Bldg. 9
Quality Matters!!! - Chris Gan
Come learn more about the nationally acclaimed Quality Matters rubric
and training program and how you can use them both to ensure quality in
your instruction. The rubric can also be used to align and assess your
course outcomes and is a great tool very for any/all SOCC forms and
projects!
Audience: Everyone! While the QM program was created for hybrid and
online instruction, much of the rubric can be applied to any face to
face class as well. Come see how you can improve your course, and
document your successes!!!
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22, 1:00, LTC, Bldg. 9
Connecting Students through Wiki - Laurel Lunden
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Catch an instructional
designer in the Learning and Teaching Center (LTC - bldg 9) 5 days a
week, lunchtime. See you there!
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Book Blackboard and Camtasia orientations
Winter 2009
January 21, 1:00, Learning and Teaching Center, downstairs, Bldg. 9
Student writing templates - Wendy Swyt
More than a model--a template guides students' writing improvement.
Learn more from Wendy at this session.
February 11, 1:00, Library, 6th floor
Does Open = Free= Good? A Discussion of Open Source Textbooks
- Marc Lentini
Open Educational Resources promise free, good quality, customizable
instructional materials for faculty and students. But are the promises
real, or realizable? We'll outline what it takes to be open, and
discuss ways to find, evaluate, use and contribute to the OER community.
February 27, 1:00, Library, 6th floor
Web 2.0: An Educator's Guide - Sue Frantz
With the quick popularity of MySpace and Facebook and the ubiquity of
cell phones, it’s clear that people are looking for ways to stay
connected and make new connections. Community college students
have historically been disconnected from the college and their fellow
students because so many come to campus just long enough to sit through
class, then they are off to tend to family and work. With more
students taking classes online, they don’t even have the experience of
being on campus, in classrooms with other students.
Many instructors work hard to build a sense of community within their
face-to-face and online classrooms, but when the course ends that
community disappears. Does it have to?
As the internet continues to transform itself, it is wise to keep an
eye on these changing technologies, looking for opportunities.
With the advent of Web 2.0, where the internet is no longer about
posting static information but rather interaction, there is much
potential for us as instructors. For instance, can we use social
networking sites to foster a sense of community with and among our
students that extends beyond not only the boundaries of the classroom
but of the semester? How can we use blogs, wikis, social
bookmarking, RSS feeds, and virtual worlds to help our students connect
to us and connect to each other?
In this session you will hear about some of these technologies and
how they are being harnessed for education. If you have never
heard of these or are an experienced user, come be part of the
discussion!
March 5, 1:00, Library, 6th floor
Information Superhighway vs. Scavenger Hunt -
Deborah Moore & Hara Brook
Send your students in the right direction on the information
superhighway from the beginning by working with faculty librarians to
help students learn about current library resources as they relate to
class assignments.
Fall 2008
October 20, 12:00 -1:00, Library, 6th floor
Google Docs & Cloud Computing - Eric Baer
Learn about online document sharing and the power of clouds.
October 29, 12:00 -1:00, Library, 6th floor
Teaching Diversity: What Works/What Doesn’t - Rosemary
Adang & Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield
Do you teach a diversity/globalism (D/G) class or would you like to?
How do you address race, class, gender and other diversity issues in
your classes? Come to this brown bag conversation with your
questions, ideas, and maybe even sample materials, and we’ll build our
array of options together. This is part of a continuing
conversation that started during opening week. Join us now, and
we’ll discuss the possibility of continuing with a faculty learning
community that meets monthly.
Nov 12, 1:00-2:00, Library, 6th floor
Online Conferencing - Tommy Kim
Just because you teach online doesn’t mean you can’t get to know your
students. Use SKYPE to have face to face conferences no matter where
your students might (or where you might be). Be more than just an e-mail
address to your students.
Nov 17, 1:00-2:00, Library, 6th floor
Making it Stick: Simple Strategies and Assignments for
Reaching Every Student -
Monica LeMoine
Didn't have a chance to attend last year's ESL Cool Meetings and the
recent round table discussion on ESL teaching strategies? This
brownbag discussion will showcase the best of the best from those
conversations - a summary of what Highline instructors are doing to
reach every student, both native and non-native English speaking.
Bring questions and ideas of your own to share.
Fall 2007
October 21 - 1:30 -2:30, FRC
James Peyton - "Wikis, writing and
accountability: An Economics example"
Wikis are one of the new Web-based technologies that
enable collaborative writing. But do they live up to their promise for
academic work? In this brown bag, we'll take a look at wikis that are
annotated bibliographies produced by a hybrid Economics class. Students use
the bibliographies in writing essays, and then evaluate the wikis for how
useful they were. We'll talk about improving the writing and increasing the
accountability students have for the product. Come with your ideas and take
away other ideas on using wikis in your own classes.
Spring 2007
April 20 - 1:10-2:10pm, FRC
Ellen Hofmann - "Writing a Fulbright Grant"
Discussion will be led by Ellen Hofmann, a two time Fulbright winner and
one time NEH winner. She will talk about the many rich opportunities
available through granting agencies such as Fulbright, NEH, and NSF. She
will offer her experience with writing successful grant applications and
her observations on why grants succeed or fail. Bring your academic
interests and questions for a lively discussion.
Co-sponsored with the Faculty Resource Center, Brown Bags are
informal discussions sessions around a topic. They are presented
every quarter on topics suggested by faculty.
Brown Bags meet in the Faculty Resource Center
on the 6th floor of the Library (Building 25). And yes, you should
bring your lunch!
Got an idea for a brown bag? Contact Janice at
jadams@highline.edu.
Winter 2007
January 26 - 1:10-2:10pm, FRC
Ben Thomas - "What does Intellectual Property mean for the
Millennial Student?"
From plagiarism to downloaded music, students are faced with issues
of ownership and copyright. What can we do to help address these issues?
February 9 - 1:10-2:10pm, FRC
Diana Lee and Ed Morris - Authentic Learning In Your Classroom
Join us for a discussion on Authentic learning - What exactly is it,
how does it help students cement their learning, and why is it useful
for younger students.
Session notes
Retention Committee - Best Practices for Retaining Students
The members of the Retention Committee will facilitate an
idea-sharing session in which participants both describe their own most
successful practices and hear others do the same. Participants should
come away with some specific and workable strategies for keeping
students enrolled in their classes without overhauling the entire
course. The emphasis will be on the practical.
March 9 - 1:10-2:10pm, FRC
Patricia McDonald- “Does your board bore your students?”
A discussion on using your white (or chalk) board to engage student
learning.
Fall 2006
Oct 6 - Does your board bore your students? A discussion on
using your white (or chalk) board to engage student learning - Led by
Patricia McDonald
Oct 27 Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika meets the Star Spangled Banner:
A South African "Global Citizen's" perspective meets yours on Globalism
and Globalization* - Led by Andre Du Toit
Nov 17 Blowing Up a Flattened World: Teaching Friedman in a
Global Classroom - Led by Matt Schwisow & Highline Reads (Check out the
Highline Reads
web site for more info about this year's selection: The World is
Flat.)
Dec 1 For the love of e-Portfolios - Led by Meg Ryan
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September 03, 2009
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